ファグタンパク質によるStaphylococcus aureusにおけるプロモーター特異的転写阻害
Joseph Osmundson1, Cristina Montero-Diez, Lars F Westblade
1The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Cell
|November 27, 2012
まとめ
菌糸体G1gp67タンパク質は,σ(A) サブユニットを標的にして,Staphylococcus aureus RNAポリメラーゼ (RNAP) を阻害する. この強力な阻害剤は,RNAPプロモーター複合体と相互作用することによって,リボソームのRNA転写を選択的にブロックします.
科学分野:
- バクテリア学 バクテリア学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- ウイルス学 ウイルス学 ウイルス学
背景:
- Staphylococcus aureus (Sau) RNAポリメラーゼ (RNAP) は遺伝子転写を制御しています.
- Phage G1 gp67は,SAU RNAPと細菌の成長を阻害するタンパク質です.
研究 の 目的:
- gp67がSAU RNAP転写を阻害するメカニズムを解明する.
- Sau RNAP.とgp67の相互作用の構造的基礎を決定する.
主な方法:
- 結晶学でgp67-Sau σ(A) ドメイン4複合体の2.0-Å解像度構造を決定する.
- 異なるプロモータータイプにおける転写抑制の分析.
主要な成果:
- gp67は,Sau RNAPのσ(A) サブユニットと結合する.
- gp67はリボソームのRNA転写の強力な阻害剤ですが,他のプロモーターのほとんどに最小限の影響を及ぼします.
- 結晶構造は,gp67がRNAPプロモーター複合体に σ (((A)) ドメイン4を介して,その機能を妨げることなくどのように統合されるかを明らかにしています.
- gp67は,上流DNAとのαサブユニットC末端領域 (αCTD) 相互作用に依存するプロモーターを選択的に抑制する.
結論:
- gp67は,プロモーター特異の転写阻害機構を使用しています.
- 菌根タンパク質は,RNAPプロモーター複合体とσ(A) を介して相互作用するが,プロモーター構造に基づいて選択的にαCTD機能を損なう.
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